Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-27
A BLOODY SHIRT SCARE.
MIR. COKE SHOWS UP THE
TEXAS SCHEME.

The Men Making the Demand for an
Investigation ScalawsGs Of the Worst
Possible Stamp a Peaceable White
Democrat RuthiessIy slaughtered ana
His Black Murderers Lynched.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The Senate to-
day proceeded to consideration OF the
resolution reported yesterday by Mr..
HOar, instructing the Committee On Priv
lleges and Elections to Investigate the
allegations made by three res dents OF
Washington county, Tex, as to their be-
ing driven from their homes, compelled
to abandon their property and deprived
of the right of suffrage IN the county.
Mr.. Coke opposed the resolution. He
was not adverse, nor was the state of
Texas, to an investigation of charges
properly made against the State involving
a subject over which Congress had juris-
dictlon, but be protested that the pro-
posed investigation was into a subject
not within the jurisdiction of Congress.
STATE AUTONOMY.
The State of Texas had State autono-
my. Her constitution and laws were in
full force aud operation. She could
redress all grievances, personal or other
wise, occurring within her borders. the
subject was one peculiarly within the
jurisdiction OF the state, and the resolu-
tlon was an intermeddling with some
thing belonging solely to the State and
outside of the Jurisdiction of the general
government.
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
He gave a history of the case TO the
effect that respectable white Democrat
had been shot by colOred man al the
iAnn 1.xy
cOlored men had been arrested and
placed in Jail charged with that crime:
that mob had taken them out OF jail ana
hanged them, and that tue three petit
TONERS, HacH worth, Moore and Schuttze,
who had bsen prominent in influencing
and deIudiug the negro POPULATION there,
mad supposed their ives to be in danger
and had lied from the country.
NOTHING MORE IN 1T.
That was all there vas in it. He had
received to-day n telegram from ID. G..
GddinZs, Of Brennan, formerly repre-
tentative IN Congress from Texas, stat
ing tnat the three petitioners were of the
worst type o. scalawags; that they naI
been mainly instrumental in stirring up
strife between the races and were charged
Vito iusugatln2 the murder referred 10
COT man named BOltOn) that hey were
not driven from their homes, nor were
their lives threatened. but thar their own
guilty cOns5jeuces had caused them to
leave the county for the c unty's good.
AN INJUSTICE TO TEXAS.
He submitted that the Senate should
not ADOPT the resolution, because To do
so would be TO allO " the fair fame of one
of the States of the Union to be aspersed
without testimony. IL would be an ip-
justice which should not be tolerated in
the Senate.
Mr.. HOar defended ard advocated the
resolution. As to the statement tuaJ col
ored men had killed a peaceful and re-
specta nle white Democrat. VINO had given
no Otiense, was not very probable
statement, such things did not often Oc-
cur in Texas or elsewhere. Tue fact was
that the man who was killed was dis
guised as kukluX.
AN UNTRUTH,
Mr.. Coke denied that and said there
was not a word OF truth 10 II.
Mr.. Hoar re-as serted his statement.
MIR. Salisbury protested against the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
beng made the dumping ground tor every
scalawag who chose to go there and
make charges against his neighbors.
Mr.. Edmunds advocated the resolution,
Mr.. Eustis opposed it as "waving OF
the bloody shirt little In advance of the
usual season. IG was SIMPLY PROPOSE
ton to make political capital.
Messrs. Hawley aud Evarts advocated
the resolution.
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment
requiring the investigation to be con-
ducLed IN Washington county, Tex.
Nj. Hoar opposed the amendment. The
ques tion should be lett TO the discretion
and judgment Of the committee.
The amendment was rejected by a vote
OF % yeas to 81 nays.
MIR. Call opposed the resolution as an
attack on the very lie OF the government
and American institutions.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
A vote Was taken and the resolution
was adopted by 81 yeas to 26 nays, as iol-
lows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrlcb, Blair, Bowen.
Chase, Cheney, COnger, Cullom, Ed
munds, Eyarts. FarNell, Frye. Hale.
HawIey, Hoar, ingalls,, Jones OF Nevada,
Mcmillan, Malone, MaudersOn, Mtll,r.
Mitchell OF Pennsylvania, MorrIll, Plat.
oabin, sawyer, SewelI. sherman, ,SpOoner,
Teller, Williams and Wilson of Iowa
81.
NAl's-Messrs. Beck, Berry. Black
burn, Brown, Gall, Coke, Coiqpitt, Eustls.
George, Gibson, German, Gray, hamp-
ton, Harris, Jones OF ARKANSAS, kenua
McPDerson, Morgan, Payne, Pugb, Ran
som, salisbury, Vance, Vest, Waitugll
and W hltthorne .--2j.